Access Control for Schools

Meet Your New Hall Monitor – Secure Your School Campus

Access control for schools matters. Thousands of people filter through campuses every day. At any moment, school security can be compromised by malicious activity. Educational institutions, once seen as safe havens, have become the targets of unwanted visitors, thieves, and active shooters. Whether operating a daycare, K-12 school, college, or university make sure you’ve got the security to get the job done.

Access Control for Schools

Total Campus Protection

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Case Study

Vestavia Hills City Schools: How School Security is Changing

With over 7,000 students across nine campuses, Vestavia Hills City Schools needed a cloud-based security solution that would integrate with their Milestone cameras. They needed a solution to speed up provisioning credentials and alert them when specific doors opened. They needed 24/7/365 customer support. See how Genea Security provided all that and more in this exciting Access Control rollout.

Access Control for Schools

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Protect Against Theft

Safeguard high risk areas like music rooms, computer labs, supply rooms, and gym storage from theft.

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Prevent Trespassing

Prevent trespassing with an access control system that guards athletic fields, playgrounds, and parking lots.

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Checkpoints

Checkpoints help monitor who enters and exits the building.

Establish Protocol

Establish protocol for fire, tornado, earthquake and lockdown emergencies. Help students, faculty, and administrators, exit safely with preprogrammed door plans.

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Go Mobile

Mobile credentials speed up the process of adding and removing users, freeing your team for more important tasks. Automate the credentialing with custom-defined user groups, anti-passback protocols, and more.

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Add and Remove Users

At a moment’s notice, administrators can add or remove credentials using Genea Global Dashboard.

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Automate Credentialing by Role

Role-based access control (RBAC) allows administrators to assign privileges by group, then make adjustments for each individual.

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Change Privileges Remotely

With cloud-access control, administrators have the power to instantly change access privileges, whether on campus or on the go.

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Deactivate

Don’t let credentials fall into the wrong hands. Deactivate lost, stolen, or inactive credentials from anywhere, instantly.

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Know Who’s On Campus

Campus Visitor Check-in

In 2019, almost 35,000 criminal offenses were reported on college campuses alone. Nurture the development of our future leaders by creating a safe and secure learning environment.

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Automate the Check-in Process

with Genea Visitor Management and simplify the visiting process.

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Design

custom badges by various visitor type (e.g., parents, visiting students, prospective teachers).

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Print

badges and identification with school branding, visitor ID photos, and more.

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Distribute

mobile or physical credentials to campus guests and organize visitor activity.

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Apple Wallet

Got an iPhone? You’ve got your Genea key.

Use your iPhone or Apple Watch to quickly enter your classroom, dormitory or campus facility. With Genea Security, students can add their badge to Apple Wallet for access around campus. 

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Remotely add or remove credentials.

Sync badge to iPhone and Apple Watch.

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NFC technology enables instant reader response.

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Leverage “Express Mode” for seamless entry.

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Easily suspend lost credentials.

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Operate on “Power Reserve Mode” to unlock doors even after a user’s iPhone needs a charge.

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Automated Door and Emergency Plans

With school violence more pervasive than ever, investing in access control for schools is vital. Control when and where people enter the campus; monitor threats with video integrations; and with one click, lock down your entire campus.

Plan

Design emergency and active shooter door plans. Designate which doors stay open and which doors close.

Automate

With one click from a Global Dashboard, activate your plan. Automate when and which doors open according to the daily schedule of your school.

Unlock

Keep only the most important doors unlocked during the school day.

Plan

Design emergency and active shooter door plans. Designate which doors stay open and which doors close.

Automate
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With one click from a Global Dashboard, activate your plan. Automate when and which doors open according to the daily schedule of your school.

Unlock

Keep only the most important doors unlocked during the school day.

Safety and Wellness

Health questionnaires allow you to create unique questions for students and faculty.

Contact Tracing allows administrators to alert those at risk before they spread the disease.

Capacity Limits curb the number of students who can get into common areas, such as the gyms, libraries, and study rooms.

Total Campus Oversight with Robust API Integrations

Use the visitor and video notification platforms you know and trust.

Having Genea means you can build and customize a security system to your liking. Don’t see the integration you need? We can build it. Genea works with customers to create the integrations they need and want.

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We’re Here for You

With 24/7/365 dedicated customer support and a library of help resources, Genea is here to ensure your success.

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98% Customer Retention

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24/7/365 Support

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75 Net Promoter Score

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1,000,000+ Satisfied Users

See why schools around the world protect their campuses, students, and staff with Genea.